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2 ROOSEVELT SAYS RE HUS NOTHING . TO CONCEAL Colonel Perfectly Willing for All the Documents To Be Made Public. OTSTER BAY. X. Y . Aug 2K.--W. R Hearst's declaration, cahbd from London, that hr would la.x bate facts in regard to the Standard <>l fund if any of the principals concerned therein i attempted to withhold anything ma terial irrtportance. wrts called tn Roose-I velt’s attention this morning. There was no possibility, the colonel said, of any one having any | tary evidence that he would not gladly i published. Resides William Loeb* testimony. Mi'. Roosevelt counts on letters which he has in his possession to controvert ans charges w hich ma.v be brought w ith the idea of involving him with Senator Penrose and Standard ’til officials "Late last evening.' he explained "I got a reply from Senatoi <’lnpp saying that he could not get a quorum to gether. 'He thought it would have to be considered later Ready To Tell About Anything. "As for any connection of mine with the Standard till peopb before or aflet election, any human being is welcome to make anything publh about me of any soil or description, and if I hud ap peared before the committee I should have testified to anything In tegaril to Mr Loeb s testifviug be fore the committee In his behalf, the colonel said. "Loeb told me that he had seen st»ie ments that he was to tie brought dow<t before the committee and that he wish ed to confirm them "I told him that if he was called he could testify to evrything. He was my private secretary then " Colonel Roosevelt gave out a state ment nn the refusal of the Clapp com mittee to let him testify at this time He said T. R. to Write Statement. "I feel that the committee ought not to have gone away and let Archbold go to Europe without taking any of his testimony' on the really grave charge and then failed to let me appear Im- I mediately, knowing, as the committee must know, what my later engagements are. "I shall, however, at once write Sen ator Clapp a full statement of at lyust some of the things to which I would like to have testified Incidentally, I should like to say that they need not bother about conferring additional pow ers upon the committee to question .uc about my primary campaign. Whether they are given power or not, I shall be delighted to answer any question in my power which the committee may pul to me as to anything of which I have knowledge connected with the primary campaign; or. for that matter, of any thing that 1 have ever done as presi dent. or in this campaign 1 suggest, however, that the committee take up the primary campaign of alt of the other candidates also If they desire to go into the matter at all. "Let me repeat as strongly as I can that I do not understand why the com mittee let Mr Archbold go to Europe without examining him nn the real charge "Not to permit me to go on and tes tify at one. amounts, as the Demo cratic and Republican friends of Mr. Penrose. Mr. Lorimer and Mr Archbold in the senate, of course, know, to ren dering it almost Impossible for me to appear later without causing the most serious dislocation of my announced plans. "Joined in Assault." "The incident Is especially signifi cant as showing the way that the In terests for which Mr Pentose and Mr. Archbold and their like speak have Joined In their assault on the Progres sives ami on me. They ate entirely willing to see eithe of the two old po litical machines triumph because they control both Their real hostility is re set cd for me and the Progressive par- "Remembcr that the charge was against Mr Pen ns, and that that has not born investigated although the ev idence «n tnat charge was direct V 1 that has been investigated has been the counter charge as to which there was not and neve: u: he. because there can not be. cm shrt of evidence, di re.-: ot • . ■ ■ v ■ ■ - been produced is male ious and injurious • hearsay gossip given .11 second hand. As far as I can make . r tit accusa tion by Me ers Pen ■ ami Archbo'u 1 really Is that a com> dur-on • ~* for the Improper pur; ,s.- .■• e curing! an iinpiope < on.-ub • .itlon an.: that 1 refused to give tne improper or,-,.!,-™. . tion "Let me repeat that If any . tion v.as received from th- s rd..rd Oil Company it was against 1.. vp » and islterated written f.r.. n not only without my know ■ .«• , in spite of the fact th. t • vp ■ . ance was given me that no - i< tributions were given or 0,. rived." NASHVILLE ALDERMAN NAMED NASHVILLE, GA lug • 11 special election it* ■- he eh t flll the vacancy caused by th. . nth f Dr. William H Goodman on tn.- boa I of aidermen M. F Griffin was or posed _ The Atlanta Georgian—Premium Coupon Thi* eeupon will be accepted at ovr Prun ,m Pa' c r 2b Eaet a abama at., aa partial payment fee any es tne beaut *ui premium g rrta c »p aye<l there. Ser Prrmiun Parlor Announcement on Another Page I UNCLE TRUSTY! Copyright, 1512, International News Service , / /Fellow Work'ingmem x yy ' <~~7 pF h I ' YOU Akt CORDIALLY' p// ' H * INVITED To (5.1 DE INI r I S'" --‘ I 1 ' The moose Z' \ X /OH.foU HoRHYUWE?) zEa xSCZ (?XS\ > / s©nis of Toil , &ET I Jo. ■ i \||4 Atvp BE SEATED’.; S' /.A- M ' IVY>-n I ‘X/,w / Step LIVELY'j IWwßrlfE? ft 111 p I I to William, you and Theodore as the Rival Friends of the Working Man ought to make a hit! And those are a couple of nice little band wagons, too, but the seats seem to be awfully empty so far!* I can’t pay much attention to you just now, I'm so busy taking care of these sick friends of mine! It looks now as if they may all have to go to jail! And just as busi ness was getting so good, too! Can you beat ty?” • BAR ASSOCIATION if OUST NEGRO National Organization Is Split by Row Over Assistant At torney General Lewis. MILWACKKE, WJS., \ug. 26 The battle which has hen going on in lhe American Rai association for more than a > ear ovei the question of ousting Assistant Attorney Geneial William H. Lewis, the Bost<»n negro and former Harvard athlete. i< expected to come to a head in the convention of the or ganization which opens here tomor <»w. 'l’he objection to Lewis, which his friends declare is purely ra cial, threatens to split the association wide open. The tight for the retention of Lewis will be led bx Attornex General Wick-* etsham himself and by all of the North ern laxvyers connected with the depart ment of justice. This was made evident toda.x when I’nited States District At torney Gux D. Goff, of Wim onsin. is sued a statement on behalf of Wick erahant. He specified whx Lew is should not be forced to resign because of Ids color. ’l’he statemnt shows that Mr. Lewis applied for membership after being asked to do so by the Massachusetts branch, and It was not until after he had attended a session of lhe cimxen tion that opposition rose from Southern delegates He was assistant attorney g-npral when asked to join the bar as sociation. the Goff statement continues. Goff quotes the constitution of the as sociation. w hi« h makes no prox ision against colored members. Wickersham on the Job. Wickersham arrived late today to be Goff * guest and to lead the fight in b» . half of Lewis. The two delegates who are leading the opposition to Lewis are tieoige Whitlock, of Baltimoie. and Edward Earrat of New Orleans ’l'lb opposition to Lewis developed soon after he became a member, more ■than » yeai ago He was proposed by h« ■< a! u mni of Boston, and soon !. ftt r ' anj, w ” advised of his election, j iS»'\era! m-gD'!- I h< > r. after his namv| i nad been sent to th« senate bx Presi dent faft foi confit matiou as assistant I atturnex general, Lewis was aavised l\x film »\«iuilx« commit’*** of the associa tion ti'.ai hi xx a s viewed as 'undeslr i abl»- ’ that i; w * - not known when he iwa*- . . ct, d that hr was a negro. The • vcHi'.ve loinmitter met in Januaix .•M ..ml atlof ’ d ■ Yrsoution expelling < • ' - ft ■-m im mbei ship. Attoior'. Gunetal Wickerstiam ini-I • di q, lx it. ide publication his belief i: he a lon >•! tti, exe< ml\» < ,>m- t w mo tri.sibie and delated i i -• !■» flgi tt ie qmstlon out at ’ I I’m : • Xi • «•’ of thv as'-odation 'i.int z i t . I« is in* idvnt w iii h» 4i; • - .. c a mend Ih» c. nst; - '• ii "■ f ’ • • ’ r-' ii» ! nE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MON DAY. Al Gl ST 26. 1912. COL ROOSEVELT’S CRY, "SHALL PEOPLE RULE?” CATCH-PHRASE-HILLES By CHARLES O. HILLES, Chairman of the Republican National Committee. NEW YORK. Aug 26. —"Shall the people rule"" Most assuredly. This is n republic, not a monarchy. The peo ple shall rule, just as they have titled in the past, from the Declaration of In dependence down to the present day, and just as they will continue to title— if they do not follow false prophets— until time shall bo no more. What. then, is the meaning of the catch phrase of the third term party, "Shall the people title?" As applied to this government, it is merely "foolish question No. 2.006.” one might as well ask. "Shall the peo ple vote?" "Must the people rule?" If that were the question it would not be meaning less, but the answer would be simple. The people must rule if they are to have a good, clean and effective gov ernment. Whenever and wherever the people have failed to recognize their re sponsibility, to take an interest in the parti nominations, to register and to vote, they have paid the penalty in the form of bad government, and they will continue to do so. no matter what sys tem or method of ruling is provided. "Do the people rule?" This is a real, ly pertinent question. The people rule when they are willing to take the trou ble. Too often they are not. The peo ple do rule wherever they think it worth while to think and vote as they think. And they do not rule whenever they surrender their thinking powers to the politicians, whether it be politicians who rankly oppose it: whether they shout "Thou shalt hot steal" as they steal, or who just steal without any shouting. Mere Political Catch Phrase Shall the people rule?" as a political slogan Is merely a catch phrase shout ed from the house tops with the pur pose of persuading the people that un der the present system they do not rule, that they can not rule with the present methods and that the only cure sot evil is to adopt the guarantee "no 'cute. no pay patent nostrum which the i third term party has to offer —"four years treatment iti a plain, sealed pack. : age. with directions on the inside." The people now have entire power to select good candidates for public of fice and to elect them, to insure pub lic officials and legislative officers who will <arty oat the will of the people; to amend their constiutions. both state and national, alien they rind that either is antiquated <sr inadequate to meet I present-day demands to take from the belli h, either state or Federal. any man w :o may have proved false to the peo i P < In a numbet of states there is l.iltvady a modified form of referendum. ! notably tn New York state w ith r> fer ■ep to amendments to the constitu tion. Experience in that state has not Indicated that tne people are willing to devote th. time necessary to studying l * • a of ] unendmen [•he .institution but that is not the fault of the method, but of the people The people do rule whenever they ■ a• . in. In those Instances and de i ta where the pie have failed to [ rp It his been due -olely to their ; ,g . or then h. i<-f that th< issues [ .' ik, v. —. oof of sufficient llpol - • tan. • to ticvtssitate their doing so Nor will any change in the system remedy this defect. Government can no more rise above the demands of the people than water can rise above its source. "Insult to Thinking People." "Shall the pe,uple rule.?" ~ makesa good slogan for.a party which appeals to thoughtless people, people who will not think. It is an insult to the intel ligence of the people who do think, who do have a comprehensive conception of their government, who know . i( they do stop to think, t,ha,t they rule.now, There never was a political "boss" who did not draw his power from the people and never a boss —yven the boss of the third term party—who perverted his power to evil except through the intel ligence of the people. Intelligent men know that there is no necessity for wholesale innovation in order to make them the arbiters of their fortunes so far as government can make them that. Every argument .which has been ad vanced in support of the recall of judges and of judicial decisions is based on the assertion, or the broad intima tion. that there is no method of remov ing from Judicial office men who "some times prove false to the people," no way in which "they shall be taken out of office and replaced by men with a high er sense of their obligations." Argu ments like that are an insult to the in telligence of the men to whom they are addressed, when only within a few months have impeachment proceedings been instituted against Judge Robert \V. Archbald. wf the Federal commerce court, while a congressional investiga tion has resulted In the resignation of Federal Judge Cornelius H. Hanford and the appointment of his successor. No one believes in retaining on the bench or in any other office, a man who has proved false to the people. No one could be more jealous of the good name of the judiciary than President Taft. No one. even the third term candidate, has any copyright on the command ment. "Thou shalt not steal," or any monopoly on the determination that only men of the highest probity shall serve on the bench, either state or Fed eral. Neithei lias any one a monopoly on progtess. and if deeds—not words— are to be the test, no one nas accom plished more for progress than Presi dent Taft. TOO POOR TO WED HER. MAN SHOOTS FIANCEE <'Hit’AGO. Aug 26 While hundreds of persons were passing Frank Motis shot Miss Vlasta Muzek during the rush bouts in the loop district today’ Bran dishing his revolvet Motis tried to push through the crowd, but was arrested. He said he was engaged to the girl, w ig too poor to marry, and meant to kill himself Th» girl may recover. COLUMBUS POLICEMAN. ILL. COMMITS SUICIDE t’Ol.r.Mßl’S. GA Aug. —H- X mvmbci of the polhp fun <. and killed hnnselt la** n ght H»' had be* n ••': iwn weeks w ith (•not. ll’ tlth the <»nl\ «au*« [ a-signed f°r th* deed H» x < four j • htldren. .< girls Th* tun* rul take place morning WILSON, KING OF WIRELESS, DUD Famous Stock Manipulator Letter to Daughter, Then Is Stricken. Continued From Page One. > vestments brought about by the vivid word-painting of Colonel Wilson. The ’ promoter was sentenced to serve three I years in the Federal prison at Atlanta. , and began his term here on August 23. a • year ago 1 Colonel Wilson's battle in the courts was a memorable one. He was pos i . sessed of a considerable private for- > tune, and he spent it liberally to save > himself. » The trial was marked by the • sudden marriage of the aged defendant f to his girl stenographer. He had di- I vorced his first wife about the tithe of the opening of his troubles, and it was freely stated at the time that Wilson wedded his stenographer, who had inti. , mate and confidential knowledge of his operations, in order that she could not testify against him at the trial. But in spite of this, he was convicted and , sent to prison. The body probably will be sent to : New York as soon as word is received from the widow and daughter of the , financier. Son Born Week After Conviction. Three of the wireless men were con victed at the same term of court. They , were Christophe- C. Wilson, three years; Francis X Butler, director and counsel, two yea s, and XV. XX’ Tomp kins. one year Tompkins has served his term. It cost the Federal government SSO - to convict these men. It is esti mated that the officials of the company I gathered several millions out of the in vesting public befote the famous raid on the offices of the I'nited Wireless Company was made. Wilson, despite his age. had led the life of a white light sport. He was a free spender, a habitue of lobster palaces He entertained lav ishly It is said that the company per mitted him to use a special train for a , trip to the Pacific coast and return, and , on this palatial traveling caravansery the old p omoter entertained a dozen of ■ the wealthiest men on his "sucker list.” It was on June 16. 1910. that post office Inspectors entered the offices at I.’ Broadway and a. rested President Wilson and Vic. President Bogart. The raid was one of the biggest sensations in years It was stated that a new c haplev-had been written in the annals of high financing and tne trial which was to follow would bring noted names into the spotlight. The men attested were indicted on August 1, 1910. That same night, out on bond. Wilson married his 22-yi-ii:- , oid stenographer They made theii home at the Wa'dorf until Wilson - conviction X week afte- his convic tion XX i son became th. father of a tin'-. hc-Hii'ny young son H<- s.w the baby i hut on., bcfoi, he Was brought to At * luma BLEASE OR JONES TD BE CHOSEN TOMORROW South Carolina Voters to Name Next Governor After Most Notable Campaign. . COLUMBIA. S. <'., Aug. 26.—A cam paign tha. like of which has not been known 1n South Carolina since Till martism swept the state nearly a quar ter of a century ago has just been con cluded. and the verdict will be written by the people at the polls tomorrow, when it will be recorded w hether Cole L. Blease or Ira B. Jones will 'be gov ernor of the state for the next two years Blease is asking the people to re elect him. after he has served one term of two years. Jones, a Tillman lieu tenant of the old days, resigned from 'he chief justiceship of the state su preme court to make the race against Blease, "to redeem the state," as Jones says. Interest has been felt in the bat tle not only in South Carolina, but in every section of the country. In the closing days of the campaign Tillmanism, which most people here had thought passing out of the state, has loomed up large again. At the eleventh hour Benjamin Ryan Tillman, the famous "pitchfork senator" from South Carolina, has taken a hand and has come out for his old lieutenant. Jones. Throughout the race, up to this last mo ment statement. Tilltjian has announced himself neutral as between the two can didates for governor, -Tillman’s eleventh hour statement declared Blease unfit to be governor of the state, and said that the state had been disgraced in the eyes of the world. Felder Plays Important Role. Thomas B. Eelder's connection with South Carolina politics is known to most Georgians. Eelder, an Atlanta attorney, was em ployed by a dispensary commission to aid them in winding up the affairs of the old stale dispensary. When Gov ernor Blease came into office early in 1911. he dismissed the commission and charged Eelder with having divided up with ths whisky houses he prosecuted in tlie collection of w hisky claims. Then Governor Blease gave out letters sign ed "T. B„” in which it was alleged Fel der, in 1905. sought to frame up a whis ky firm with "Hub” Evans, dispensary director to control the liquor business in this state. Felder retaliated by giv ing out alleged letters, signed "Cole,” asking for money in connection with his work as senator, according to Felder's interpretation. Charges and counter charges followed. After the appointment of a dispen sary investigating committee at the 1912 session of the genera! assembly. Felder appeared in Augusta and gave testimony against Blease. Wil. Ham .1. Burns and his men also figured largely in the investigation. Blease was accused of selling pardons, of having whisky graft collected in Charleston, and of other tilings. Charge Against Jones Social Equality. The charge in the campaign against Judge Jones that has attracted most attention is that with reference to "so cial equality." In earlv Tillman days a bill was introduced into the legislature requiring separate coaches for the ne groes qnd white people. Jones voted against this bill, while Blease urged its passage and had introduced a similar bill. Because he opposed the bill Ira B. Jones has been charged by Governor Blease with favoring social equality be tween the races. All but six or seven newspapers of more than 115 in tire state have been lined up against Governor Blease. In the campaign of 1910 Blease fought the newspapers In this year's campaign the press has been stronger against Blease. A county to county campaign in South Carolina is a picturesque affair. In the campaign just closed Jones and Blease have addressed the voters in every county. In certain counties, as in Anderson. Judge .Tones has been howled down Jones is claiming thv conservative vote of the state and his followers predict a landslide for him. Blease is claiming election for 15,000 ' Oles. The probability is th. difference between Jones and Blease will not be more than 8,000 out of a vote of 110,000. McNEIITwAS willing for opponent ™ count vote MACON. GA.. Aug 26.—When O. C. Hancock, who was defeated for the state senate from the Twenty-second dis trict by 900 votes, requested the execu tive committee to grant him a recount. W D. McNeil, the winning candidate, assented to the proposition in a unique manner. "I suggest to the committee." he said, "that they give Mr. Hancock the boxes and the ballots I will agree to let him take the ballots home with him. count them himself at his leisure, and 1 will abide'by his count." But the committee decided to pro ceed with the recount itself. GORDON~COUNTTfo HAVE A SPECIAL ELECTION SOON CALHOUN, GA.. Aug. 26.—A spe'cial election has been set tor September 13. Vvhen the voters of Gordon county will decide whether or not this county shall issue $150,000 in bonds for lhe purpose of improving the public roads. Tax Collector W H Smith, of Gor don county lias resigned his office, and a special election has been ordered bv the tountj executive committee, to be held September 13. to name his sin • < esso, Two candidate* W 1,. Morris and .1. I. Everett, who ran In th> spring primar y for the offiee. linve announr ed. The «>■'ious illness "f hi* wife, who was Injured in the r'lilhoun picnic wreck, caused Mr Smith's r> ignatlon. SLATON VICTIM IN PLOT TD AVENGE MILEAGEVETO Plan to Pack Convention for i Platform to Embarrass Him as Brown’s Friend? Notwithstanding John M. Slaton's overwhelming victory in the governor ship race, and the alleged non-partisan character of his support in the main, some of his friends today are in a measure disturbed by reports that have reached Atlanta to -the effect that a deliberate attempt is being made to "pack" the convention to meet in Ma con next Wednesday to Mr. Slaton's embarrassment. it is reported that delegations are being framed up in many counties of Georgia, known generally as "Hoke Smith" counties, whereby a platform may be promulgated in Macon which will include many of the so-called Hoke Smith" policies, and particular ly as they seem opposed to the so called “Joe Brown policies" in Geor gia. The present county executive com mittees of Georgia are said to be gen erally more favorable to the Smith end of recent Georgia political endeavor than to the Brown end. They were or ganized immediately after Mr. Smith's last victory for the governorship, and were composed. In their majority as pect, by the known friends of Smith. Plan to Denounce Brown. It is being specifically charged that a Strenuous effort will be made to as semble a convention in Macon that will denounce openly Governor Brown's recent veto of the mileage "pulling" bill, passed by the legislature, and dis approved by the executive. If that is done, it will embarrass Mr. Slaton necessarily, as the governor was know n to be Mr. Slaton's avowed friend in his race, and when Mr. Slaton's cam paign was in its infancy and the Brown support gave it tremendous prestige. To run Slaton for governor on a platform openly denouncing an act of the pres ent executive would be very distasteful to Mr. Slaton. As a matter of fact. Slaton likely Would refuse emphatical ly to stand for it. thus, if the conven tion Insisted, putting the question squarely up to the people of Georgia. The present state executive commit tee is a Hoke Smith committee, and as such will have an influencing voice in shaping matters at Macon, particularly in the preliminary work. Chance For Plan to Succeed. If the state committee lends itself to the effort to embarrass Mr. Slaton, and any considerable number of county committees also take a hand in the matter, the effort ma.v succeed. The convention is to be composed, under the ruling of the committee, of friends of a various gubernatorial can didates. according to the way the sev eral counties went. Under this ar rangement. Mr. Slaton should have a clear and control. But the election was very one-sided, and an es , fort to "pack” the convention might succeed, unless Slaton's friends keep their eyes open and watch what is go ing on The alleged effort to hit Blown ovel ■ Slaton’s shoulders, because of Brown's veto of the mileage bill, is the real thing, so many of Slaton's friends say ! today, that is in the wind, and to which the county committees quietly are be ing asked to lend themselves. COURT RULES MAN CAN'T BE FINED FOR ‘HANGOVER* N1 ACK. N Y. Aug. 26. Pleadink that ft was the same "jag" for which he was arrested the night before and that a man can't be placed in jeopardy twice for the same offense. Benjamin Bryan was discharged from cotjrt here, ! —— „ The Trials of a Traveler. "1 am a traveling salesman,” writes E. E. Youngs, E. Berkshire. Vt., "and , was often troubled with constipation . and indigestion till I began to use Dr. . 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